(19)
(11) EP 0 734 001 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/40

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.09.1996 Bulletin 1996/39

(21) Application number: 96301833.8

(22) Date of filing: 18.03.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07D 11/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 21.03.1995 GB 9505691

(71) Applicant: NCR International, Inc.
Dayton, Ohio 45479 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Peebles, John A.
    Dundee, DD2 2HL (GB)
  • Rossmann, Wolf D.
    Bridgendof Lintrathen, Angus, DD8 5JH (GB)
  • MacKenzie, Colin A.
    Perth, PH1 5HH (GB)
  • Saunders, Keith A.
    Birkhill, Dundee, DD2 5RR (GB)
  • Scott, Gregory
    Edinburgh, EH12 6DJ (GB)
  • Riach, David J.A.
    Edinburgh, EH12 7AN (GB)
  • Russell, Brian M.
    Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DW (GB)

(74) Representative: Irish, Vivien Elizabeth 
International IP Department, NCR Limited, 206 Marylebone Road
London NW1 6LY
London NW1 6LY (GB)

   


(54) Automated depository


(57) In an automated depository system for banknotes or other valuable paper articles, a deposit cassette (20) which is loaded at a depositor's premises is placed in a depository terminal (10). The cassette contents are unloaded and passed through validation means (22), valid articles being passed to an escrow cassette (24) identical to the deposit cassette (20) and invalid articles being passed to a container (26). The depositor then has the choice of cancelling the transaction, when any invalid articles and the escrow cassette (24) can be removed. The empty deposit cassette (20) is then moved into the previous position of the escrow cassette (24). If the deposit continues, however, the depositor can, at the conclusion of the transaction, remove any invalid articles and the empty deposit cassette (20). If the articles are banknotes, the valid banknotes can be checked for ATM fitness and the fit notes sorted into cassettes (34-40) for respective banknote denominations.






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